International Examples of Coordinated Social Crime Prevention Strategies on the Municipal Level

Abstract

While addressing the multiple risk factors of crime is itself a daunting challenge, it is complicated by the fact that this undercuts all sectors of society (public and private), and certainly requires a common language for action and coordination that extends far beyond the purview of the police alone. Working for many years with the Washington-based National Strategy Information Center (NSIC), I had the opportunity to be on a team of researchers and practitioners constantly thinking about new ways to make this happen, and then having the opportunity to test them in practice. One aspect of this mentioned previously was rule of law education for all sectors (youths, police, media, etc.) inspired by the important outcomes of the Sicilian Renaissance discussed in an earlier chapter.